New Stone Age at London's Building Centre shows the potential of stone as a modern construction material. Curator Steve Webb picks five projects from the exhibition that use it in innovative, practical and sustainable ways.
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Artists and designers have grabbed their pens, pencils and digital styluses to create images of support and informative illustrations to help distribute advice on how to slow the spread of coronavirus. More about Graphic designers get creative to circulate helpful advice during coronavirus outbreak
The Design Museum is closing its doors today, following British prime minister Boris Johnson's official advice that citizens should avoid all public gatherings and non-essential travel in light of the coronavirus pandemic. More about London's Design Museum closed indefinitely to help stem spread of coronavirus
IJP Architects and structural engineer AKT II have unveiled visuals for a two-storey bridge that will be built beside Santiago Calatrava's Dubai Creek Tower in the UAE. More about "Instagram-ready" Dubai Creek Footbridge to be built beside world's tallest structure
Cults, memes and incel culture informed The 1975's music video for their song The Birthday Party, which sees band members transformed into digital avatars. More about Ben Ditto examines "underbelly" of the internet for The 1975 music video
Danish architecture firm Henning Larsen has designed a 183-metre-tall skyscraper as part of its development of Cockle Bay Park on the Sydney waterfront. More about Henning Larsen designs Cockle Bay Park skyscraper on Sydney waterfront
Furniture brand Fritz Hansen has revamped its headquarters in eastern Denmark, creating a sequence of homely spaces that cater to the diverse work methods of its employees. More about Fritz Hansen completes revamp of Danish HQ
Last week, we announced plans for an online design week called Virtual Milan. Dezeen's founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs explains why this was the wrong thing to do, and what we intend to do about it. More about "I want to apologise to our Italian friends"
Cardiff and Amsterdam-based design studio Smörgåsbord has developed Cymru Wales, a "nation-defining" font family that gives an accurate, digital expression to the Cymraeg language for the first time. More about Smörgåsbord designs first digital typeface family for the Welsh language
Architecture studio Jordi Hidalgo Tané has extended a small stone building in rural Navarra, Spain, with a subterranean concrete annex accessed via a glass corridor. More about Glass corridor connects underground concrete extension to house in Spain
Large stretches of glass front this black house in San Francisco, which local firm Michael Hennessey Architecture designed to exhibit alternatives to "conventional building strategies". More about Michael Hennessey creates modern bay windows for San Francisco townhouse
US shoe company Rothy's has launched handbags that it claims are made from 100 per cent recycled materials. More about Rothy's creates handbag collection using ocean-bound plastics
In this week's comments update, readers can't fathom why Melania Trump felt it a good time to show plans for the US presidential residence's new tennis pavilion. More about "Covid-19 superseded by a tennis pavilion?"
The Countryside, The Future exhibition at the Guggenheim says more about the shortcomings of its curator Rem Koolhaas than it does about the countryside, argues architecture critic Inga Saffron. More about "The latest indulgence of the architect and self-proclaimed visionary"
Experience designer Bompas & Parr has launched a design competition to rethink hand sanitisers to encourage hand-washing during the coronavirus pandemic while raising money for charity. More about Fountain of Hygiene competition calls on designers to rethink hand sanitisers amid coronavirus pandemic
NYCxDesign and Chicago's NeoCon furniture fair have been postponed due to the US outbreak of coronavirus. More about NYCxDesign and NeoCon 2020 postponed due to coronavirus
Madrid-based designer Jorge Penadés has designed and fabricated a colourful shop for Spanish footwear brand Camper from simple perforated metal profiles. More about Jorge Penadés fabricates Málaga Camper store from materials that match the brand's warehouse
Dezeen's Face to Face podcast series continues with an interview with designer Thomas Heatherwick, who talks about his childhood fascination with engineering, his distaste for architectural discourse and how he completed his first building while still a student. More about "My studio is a giant version of my bedroom when I was nine years old" says Thomas Heatherwick in Dezeen's latest podcast
Architcture practice. LUO Studio has extended the abandoned foundations and concrete columns of a residential project with a timber-framed upper storey to create a community centre in Yuanheguan, China. More about LUO Studio turns abandoned concrete foundations into community centre
The Creative Industries Federation has criticised the UK government's decision not to ban group gatherings due to coronavirus, as it could restrict the ability of creative organisations to claim compensation. More about Government's coronavirus advice "crippling blow to the UK’s creative industries" says Creative Industries Federation